Friday, October 24, 2014

Trash to Treasure

 

On the bluffs above Prescott, Wisconsin, some strange birds look out at the Mississippi River -- two nesting herons atop the antlers of an 8-point buck.

 

 

 

The sculptor, Raina Belleau, is a Minnesota native. She was inspired to create the sculpture after a tornado destroyed nesting herons and their rookery in Minneapolis.

 

 

 

16 comments:

  1. I like those sculptures made out of trash.

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  2. Interesting sculptures made of useless stuff, but it's kind of hard to tell what it really is. As for the blog issue....who knows? It might be poltergeists?

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  3. Obviously your previous post was so good they just had to repeat it. How creative of the artist to make something so good from rubbish.

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  4. I love the sculpture, its amazing how someone can make something wonderful out of rubbish.

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  5. Cynthia, it is very interesting sculpture and so cheap/ And it promotes recycling..

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  6. That is so beautiful particularly as it uses all the ugly stuff that we throw away!

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  7. Now that is a great way to recycle! Very interesting sculpture:)

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  8. Well - one way to get rid of junk - pleasing to some eyes, I suppose?
    Could make a good nesting place for some enterprising bird species with feathers.
    At least it would be more secure than tree branches in storms.
    Colin

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  9. Now that is just the neatest thing I have seen in a while. Good use of all the mess we humans throw away.

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  10. What a great sculpture! I like the idea of using items considered to be trash, to complete the work :-)

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  11. Well that is certainly something different.

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  12. Great sculpture, greater idea of using materials from clean-ups. I support anything done with a good cause. I love nature and I admire people who volunteer keeping it clean. In my country, (Philippines) there's a lot of products sold which materials used are from used plastics, newspapers and other biodegradable waste. I buy them whenever I go home, I don't really use them but at least in that way I can manifest my support.

    About what happened to your post, It happenedvto me when I was reviewing old posts and I saw something wrong, I edited and as it was saved, it published itself although it was dated a year ago. I don't know if that's exactly the same case as yours.

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  13. Hmm, I like public art works, especially those using recycled materials - but I'm not sure about that one - I feel like I would have to see it in real life to say.

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  14. I love seeing sculptures made from trash rather than using new materials. There is this giant fish that hangs from the ceiling of my favorite salvage shop. It's made entirely from soda cans and while I have seen it several times I always take a moment to admire it and see something new in it.

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  15. When we take a road trip down the Wisconsin side we always stop at the wonderful little park!

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